Groaning, she had no way of protecting her eyes from the onslaught of the sun. Olivia tried to turn her head towards the floorboard when she heard a laugh from above.
It was that moment that all the memories began flooding back to her. David had found her and she wasn’t sure how.
She remembered him asking about Nibbles and so she had to assume he did something to her and that broke Olivia’s heart.
“Come on, get out of the car, Cassidy.”
She felt a hand wrap around her arm again as he yanked her from the trunk. Her shoulder screamed in pain.
If he pulled any harder there was a chance he would dislocate her shoulder and cause permanent damage.
Olivia fell to the ground as she tried to quickly crawl out. Landing with a thud, she screamed out in pain as her head hit the ground and her arms and legs were scraped across the rocks.
Her world was becoming spotty by the seconds, but Olivia fought with all her power to stay conscious.
Her life depended on it and if she had any chance of making it out alive she needed to keep her wits about her.
“David, please just let me go.”
“You won’t ever get to leave me. The only way out is six feet under, though you still might end up there anyways. Now get up before I leave you here for the coyotes to have their way with you.”
With a grip on her hair, David dragged her to her feet. Stumbling behind him, they made their way towards an abandoned building.
Where did this come from? David had never mentioned having something like this before.
Unlocking the sliding metal door, he shoved Olivia inside. She stumbled before righting herself. As her eyes adjusted, her heart sank.
This is what nightmares were made of. In the corner of the room there sat on the floor a dirty and ratty mattress.
Beside it a small metal bucket that had seen better days. The scariest part of it all was the heavy metal chains that she saw attached to the wall and were lying on the bed.
David shoved her on the mattress and made quick work of strapping her hand into the cuff before untying her.
At least he was smart enough to secure her first before removing the ropes, though it’s not like she had the energy right now to run even if she wanted to.
Plus, she knew it was stupid to run without any sort of plan. Olivia had no idea where they were and running would only mean that she would get lost and probably die out there.
Hope was a stupid thing to have, but she couldn’t help to feel it blossom in her chest. She doesn’t know how many days have passed since David showed up, but she hoped by now that Miles knew she was gone.
Her Daddy would come for her, she knew that. She justhoped that he was still her Daddy and cared enough to come after her since she broke his heart and ripped it into shreds.
“If you’re a good girl, I might take it easy on you. But Cassidy, you have a lot of making up to do for running from me.”
Olivia felt him forcefully grab her chin and tilt her head up. Her eyes widened as he watched his lip descend towards hers.
Before her mind could catch up to what her mouth was doing, Olivia spit right in David’s face. The blow to her cheek knocked her back onto the mattress.
Her cheek throbbed and vomit bubbled up in her throat. Swallowing it back down she turned towards where David stood with a menacing look on his face.
“You’ll pay for that, you stupid bitch.”
Olivia watched David turn and head towards the door leaving and shutting her world in darkness. Unable to fight the tears any longer, she let them silently fall.
Olivia cried for all the things that she had done to end up in this place. Then she cried more knowing that she wouldn’t be seeing Miles any more.
Curling up in a ball on the dirty ratty mattress, Olivia thought back to the first sleepover she had with Miles.
Letting her mind drift from one memory to another, she let herself relax for the first time since getting kidnapped and fell asleep.
